Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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Clayton Jones “Katy, small, fast ami shifty, gave Wesleyan many a point through his accurate basket shooting. One hundred and thirty miles over slippery, ice-covered roads did not stop the Tigers from giving Culver-Stockton a taste of what they had previously given us—a defeat. The starting five men played throughout the whole game and gave an excellent account of themselves. Score. Wesleyan 31; Culver-Stockton 26. The last non-conference game of the season was with the Western Illinois Teacher’s College. This team ranked high in the I.ittle Nineteen conference, composed of schools that annually give “Big Ten schools stiff competition in basketball. Western 35; Wesleyan 30. The Quakers failed to Quake” enough to win in their second meeting with us. The score at half-time was 23 to 18 with Wesleyan leading. In the last half the lead changed several times until with four minutes to play and Wesleyan leading, a beautiful stalling game was carried out by the Tigers for the remainder of the game. Wesleyan 37; Penn 32. St. Ambrose, Luther and State Teachers, were having a nip and tuck battle for the conference title at this stage of the season. Central, the lowest standing team in the conference, beat St. Ambrose the night before the “Saints met us. Ambrose came against Wesleyan knowing that they must win in order to remain in the running. The game was hard-fought, but was slowed up by the large number of fouls that were called. Ambrose made seventeen free throws out of nineteen tries. Wesleyan out scored the “Saints’’ in field goals, but were not granted the permission of having as many tries from the free throw line. The whole team played as a unit; there was no individual star. Final score— Wesleyan 30; St. Ambrose 36. Lawrence Nelson “Ole” was a guard who seldom missed taking the re bound from the backboard. Page S7

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Hugh Hilton Hugh was high scorer of the team, averaging 9.1 points each game. Graceland offered little- opposition in the next game and the Tigers scampered away with a 36 to 12 victory. The conference champions of the preceding season, St. Ambrose, defeated a tired hunch of Wesleyan boys in the next game. The team left early in the morning of the game and arrived in Davenport one hour before game time. Without proper relaxation the Tigers went into the game and played the '•Saints even, for the first three quarters, but lack of endurance caused by the hard trip and laxity in training told on the team. St. Ambrose 36; Wesleyan 25. A gamble on a new combination by Bingham and some excellent basketball strategy on the part of Coach Devine of Parsons resulted in a victory for our ancient rivals. Parson’s usual style of fast-breaking offense was changed to a stalling game which completely upset the Wesleyan team during the first half. However, in the second half, the Tigers succeeded in tieing the score and then obtained a four point lead with but a few minutes left to play. At th s point, Olin, Parson’s captain, who had been on the bench, entered the game and made four baskets in rapid succession. Final score, Wesleyan 32; Parsons 36. Bingham had organized another combination to send against Upper Iowa. In this combination, he placed all hopes of succes- in keeping up the morale of the squad after the defeat by Parsons. The first half of this game was a draggv affair, few thrills of a basketball nature being produced. Hilton and C’aris did some accurate basket -hooting in the second half and the Northern” team was subdued 35 to 23. Edward Cartwright “Ed” covered the floor in great style and his playing under the basket was outstanding. Pays S6

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 Wilbur Allbkder Allcnder’s specialty was “follow-in shots. He had a low percentage of “misses” under the basket. The next two games were on the road. An even break was the outcome. Central was swamped by a score of 44 to 31. The team's offense was running in high gear with Hilton leading the scoring. l)cs Moines University beat us 31 to 29 in a heart-breaking game which Wesleyan led until the last minute of play. A victory over Parsons—nothing could be better to close a successful season. The game started with Hilton caging three baskets in rapid succession. Caris and Cartwright added to the score and at half-time, a substantial eleven point lead was built up. making a score of 26 to 15. Parsons put on a rally that tied the score at 26 “all” in the first ten minutes of play in the secondhalf. The Tigers seemed dead on their feet. Time was taken was substituted into the game and immediately caged a basket. Cartwright and Caris followed with some deliberate shooting which placed the game on ice . The gun went off and Parsons was beaten 34 to 29. An even break was the result of the season's play. The conference standing of the team was five won and five lost. Of the fourteen scheduled games, s - leyan led the conference in offense. Next year, watch We out and immediately upon play, the team began to function” in the proper manner. Bruhn Charles Eggleston “Eggie” was a hard worker and an excellent 1 range shot. Page SS